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Plenty of evidence suggests that exchange-rate swings produce at best very short-term shifts in economic activity—before domestic inflation and deflation offset the effects.
UPS’s stock price ticked up after executives said it plans to reduce its workforce and “further deploy automation” to offset rising costs from the Teamsters contract.
“Using current spot prices we forecast today´s downgrades to consensus estimates will be offset by mark to market upgrades to commodity prices if current strength continues,” the analysts say.
The company said gross margin ticked down in the quarter primarily due to tariffs, partially offset by price increases.
Upward price pressures have eased, the central bank said, and it expects inflation to remain close to 2% for the next two years as higher costs associated with tariffs are offset by excess economic slack.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
